More than 29,000 Iowans enroll in marketplace

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DES MOINES - More than 29,000 Iowans signed up for health insurance in the six months since the new federal marketplace was launched, according to a report released Thursday.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said 29,163 Iowans enrolled between Oct. 1 and March 31. Nearly half signed up in a late surge in March, the final month of the first national enrollment period.

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The HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, is displayed Nov. 12, 2014, on a laptop screen in Portland, Ore.

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